Greaseproof zein compound



Patented Mar. 19, 1940' v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE oaaasnraoor zam c'oMPoUNn Collins Veatch, La Grange, 111., assignor, by memo assignments, to Corn Products Refining Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey No Drawing. Application August 2, 1987,

Serial No. 158,997

. 5 Ciaims. (Cl. 184-12) This invention relates to the production of Ex mp 2 plastic compounds, intended more especially for Dry i 1 0 protective films or coatings, containing zein and 92 ethyl hol 300 urea; and to the treatment with such compounds Urea 0 I of paper, card-board, fiber-board, cloth, or other Ethylene glycol 3 sheets or bodies of fibrous or fiber-containing materials which will be referred to herein under the Example 3 general term'of "fibrous bodies") for the purpose Dry zein 100 of making such bodies greaseprooi' or grease re- 92% ethyl 100.1101 300 sistant; and a primary object of the invention Uream is to improve the character of the film by incor- Tll'ethylene glycol-"r 2o porating with the zein and urea an oil immiscible Example 4 glycol such as specified in the examples given Dr zein 0o below, which acts to some extent as a plasticizer, em f' gafigi 3 o especially as a stabilizer for counteracting the a y u 12 u tendency of urea, as the applicant has discovered, ;,'a *"IIIIIIII: 12

to denature, that is to say, to insolubilize the zein I in its solution in aqueous alcohol or other similar In all f h x mples ven a v h u may solvents. The invention does not contemplate be varied to a s d a l t nt, f r xampl U the use of formaldehyde or other hardening agent from to Parts, in Which s t e g y o U t e methylene type. The urea andv glycol r should be used in proportionately increased quanpresent in the compound with th zein as such titles, that is, with the glycol in amounts at least in a homogeneous colloidally dispersed state and equal to and preferably somewhat greater than not as components of a more complex chemical the amounts of urea" 3 compound. The intention is to cover all equivalents and as Obviously, the composition of tt of th modifications of the above disclosures within the invention, may be used for other purposes th scope of the appended claims.

the treatment 'of fibrous sheets or bodies. I claim:

Aqueous ethyl alcohol is the preferred zein sol- Coating compound which s B e p oo l0 vent but other known solvents of zein and the consisting of the evaporated n ol dified prod- 80 other ingredients might be used. uct of zein 100 parts; 92% ethyl alcohol 300 parts;

The urea may be used in varying proportions; urea 10-25 parts; and glycol in amount at least and, generally, the glycol should be used in quanequal to the urefltitles as great as, or greater than, the urea. The C ating compound Which s fi l m '5 ingredients of the compound may b mixed t consisting of the evaporated and solidified proda gether without heating. The solution may be uct 01' ein 100 parts; 2% ethyl alcohol 300 applied to the body to be coated, or otherwise D urea 20 Parts and glycol 20-30 D treated, by dipping or by a brush, or by rolls and 3. Compound consisting of the evaporated and the treated article may be air dried or heated to solidified Pwduct of the following substances bring about evaporation of the zein solvent. proportions by Weight as follows: zein 100 parts; 0

The following are preferred formulas in which urea 20 parts and propylene glycol 30 parts the proportions are given by weight. These ex- Compound consisting of the evaporated fimplesvare to be'taken as typical and informative and solidified product of the following substances in proportions by weight as follows: zein 100 46 3;;1 ;;7 2gf the invention to the mrflc' parts; 92% ethyl alcohol 300 parts: urea 20 parts; and ethylene g1ycol30 parts.

Example 1 5. Compound consisting of the evaporated and Parts solidified product of the following substances in Dry zein 100 proportions by'weight as follows: zein 100mm; 2% ethyl alcohol 300 92% ethylalcohol 300 parts; urea 12'parts: di- 50 Urea 20 ethylene glycol 12 parts.

Propylene glycol 30 COLLINS VEATC'H; 

